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friday feast: keeping cool with calvin coolidge and his wife’s crunchy cookies
Since moving to Virginia, I’ve become quite the Presidential buff. It’s easy to do since eight Presidents were born here, and I bump into fascinating history wherever I turn. That’s why I get excited...
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biting into hot dog!: eleanor roosevelt throws a picnic by leslie kimmelman...
When is a hot dog more than just a hot dog? When it’s served on a silver tray to the first reigning British monarchs to ever set foot on American soil! Yes, that’s precisely what happened when King...
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[Author Chat + Giveaway] Mara Rockliff on Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a...
All illustrations © 2015 Vincent X. Kirsch. There’s nothing more delicious than learning something new about a well-loved food. When I think of gingerbread, I think of Emily Dickinson lowering...
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[review + recipe + giveaway] A Fine Dessert by Emily Jenkins and Sophie Blackall
Once, when we were living in England, Len and I discovered some wild blackberry bushes growing in Wimbledon Common across the street from the school where I was teaching. I was excited because I’d...
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[Author and Illustrator Chat + Giveaway] Eat Your U.S. History Homework by...
Huzzah, Fine Friends, Huzzah! Put on your deerskin skirts and mantles, your finest waistcoats and breeches, your linen aprons, your three-cornered cocked hats and buckle shoes. ‘Tis a banner day for...
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today’s menu: white house kitchens and dining rooms
~ This is the eighth (and final) in a series of posts about Presidential Food White House State Dinner, 1888. All this talk of Presidential Food has, of course, made me very hungry — for JFK’s fish...
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carlyle house cauldron tea and tour
Happy Almost Halloween! ‘Tis the season to practice your cackles, dust up your brooms, and sip strange brews. Is he hiding a biscuit in his vest? This past Sunday, Len and I headed out to the...
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